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Plant Citrus aurantium (Rutaceae)

Common Names
Petitgrain; Bitter Orange
How this plant is used
Food
View the list of ubiquitous chemicals
List of plant chemicals.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
CADINENE 4 Leaf not available not available not available Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books)
CADINENE 4 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CALCIUM 28 Fruit 18.0 4230.0 0.09 Duke, 1992 *
CAMPHENE 9 Leaf not available not available not available List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
CAMPHENE 9 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CAPRINALDEHYDE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CARBOHYDRATES 0 Fruit 97000.0 909000.0 0.67 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
CARVONE 19 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CARYOPHYLLENE 31 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CINNAMIC-ACID 18 Hull Husk not available not available not available List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
CINNAMIC-ACID 18 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CIS-3-HEXENOL 1 Leaf not available 1.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
CIS-OCIMENE 3 Leaf 1.0 110.0 -0.67 Duke, 1992 *
CITRAL 53 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CITRANTIN 2 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CITRIC-ACID 23 Fruit not available not available not available Watt, J.M. and Breyer-Brandwijk, M.G. 1962. The Medicinal and Poisonous Plants of Southern and Eastern Africa. E. & S. Livingstone, Ltd. Edinburg & London. 1457 pp.
CITRIC-ACID 23 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CITRONELLAL 20 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CITRONELLIC-ACID 0 Leaf not available not available not available List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
CITRONELLOL 15 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
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List of plant activities.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Activity Chemical Count Reference
Antimalarial 1 Khalid, S.A., Farouk, A., Geary**, T.G., and Jensen, J.B. 1985. Potential Antimalarial Candidates From African Plants: An In Vitro Approach Using Plasmodium falciparum*. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 15: 201-209, 1986.
Antimange 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antimastalgic 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antimastitic 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antimeasles 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antimelanomic 5 Duke, 1992 *
AntiMeniere's 1 Duke, J. A. Writeups or information summaries on approximately 2,000 economic plants, USDA, ARS, Beltsville, MD 20705.
Antimenopausal 3 Duke, 1992 *
Antimenorrhagic 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antimetastatic 4 Mills, Simon and Bone, Kerry. 2000. Phytotherapy. Churchill
Livinston, Edinburgh.
Antimetastatic (Stomach) 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antimigraine 4 Martindale's 29th
Antimite 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antimitotic 3 Gawron, A. and Glowniak, K. 1987. Cytostatic Activity of Coumarins in vitro. Planta Medica 1987: 526.
Antimitral-valve-prolapse 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antimononuccleotic 1 Mills, Simon and Bone, Kerry. 2000. Phytotherapy. Churchill
Livinston, Edinburgh.
AntiMS 2 Martindale's 29th
Antimutagenic 16 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 235.
Antimycoplasmotic 1 Mills, Simon and Bone, Kerry. 2000. Phytotherapy. Churchill
Livinston, Edinburgh.
Antimyocarditic 1 Duke, 1992 *